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WNS Partners with AAA NCNU in a Finance & Accounting Services Contract

Tuesday, September 13, 2011

NEW YORK & MUMBAI, India, Sep 12, 2011 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- WNS (Holdings) Limited (NYSE: WNS), a leading provider of global Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) services, today announced its partnership with AAA of Northern California, Nevada and Utah (AAA NCNU), the second largest regional member club of AAA, a federation of affiliated automobile clubs throughout North America, for Finance and Accounting (F&A) services.

"We chose WNS as our provider for its proven expertise in finance and accounting outsourcing and its 'outcome-based' approach to solutioning. With this new association, we look forward to leveraging F&A outsourcing as a strategy to consolidate our operating models, achieving excellence in our financial reporting, and expanding the scope of operations within our chosen markets," said Siobhan McFeeney, CFO, AAA NCNU.

"We are delighted to partner with AAA NCNU, a top-notch membership organization from the AAA federation in North America, and are looking forward to helping them realize their goals through our 'outperform' motto. We will support AAA NCNU to increase its process efficiencies, save on costs and enhance recoveries," said Keshav R. Murugesh, Group CEO, WNS Global Services. "WNS is committed to making this a long-term and successful partnership," he added.

WNS has over 7000 dedicated F&A team employees delivering the entire spectrum of F&A processes ranging from simple transactions to complex analytical processes, including industry-specific processes.

About AAA NCNU

AAA of Northern California, Nevada and Utah is the second-largest regional Member club of the national organization. AAA Northern California offers a wide array of automotive, travel, insurance, DMV, financial services and consumer discounts to over 4.5 million members. AAA has been a leader and advocate for the safety and security of all travelers since it was founded more than 100 years ago.

About WNS

WNS (Holdings) Limited (NYSE: WNS) is a leading global business process outsourcing company. WNS offers business value to 200+ global clients by combining operational excellence with deep domain expertise in key industry verticals including Travel, Insurance, Banking and Financial Services, Manufacturing, Retail and Consumer Packaged Goods, Shipping and Logistics and Healthcare and Utilities. WNS delivers an entire spectrum of business process outsourcing services such as finance and accounting, customer care, technology solutions, research and analytics and industry specific back office and front office processes. WNS has over 21,000 professionals across 23 delivery centers worldwide including Costa Rica, India, Philippines, Romania, Sri Lanka and United Kingdom. For more information, visithttp://www.wns.com.

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SOURCE: WNS (Holdings) Limited

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